Subj : utf-8 support
To   : August Abolins
From : mark lewis
Date : Thu Apr 04 2019 01:49 pm


 On 2019 Apr 03 23:24:00, you wrote to Nil Alexandrov:

 NA>> .. UTF-8 support which adds all those emoji and the possibility to
 NA>> mix different languages in one message would be pretty much standard
 NA>> thing to expect from todays app.

 AA> For me, the unicode vs utf-8

unicode is UTF-8/16/32 ;)

 AA> and char sets is complicated.

trying to convert to the old 256 sot codepages is fraught with peril... going 
the other way is easy as pie...

 AA> Isn't there a backward compatibility issue in force with fidonet?

yes there could be... only those unable to properly display multi byte glyphs 
on their device would have problems, though...

)\/(ark

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